Monday 26 May 2014

Working Life

My blogging's not been entirely up to scratch lately, but for once, I have a real excuse! I came back to Canterbury about 2 weeks ago for my last term of my second year at uni. But unlike all of my friends and housemates, my course doesn't have any exams, so I literally came back just to chill with some friends and spend the last of my student loan on food and alcohol! Living the student life, huh?

But then I did something very out of the ordinary for me: I went and got myself a job! It's been a good 2 years since my last job, but I figured if I'm sat at home with nothing to do for 6 weeks, I may as well earn some pennies! I got a job at a club in town, so yes, I am now a bar wench.

It's a strange thing though, going to work at 10pm, when most people are going to bed, and leaving at 4/5am, as the sun comes up. I can genuinely say that despite the 45 minute journey time, that is the most relaxing walk home ever: imagine walking up the hill, and looking back at the rising sun. So beautiful!

I've been working there for almost 2 weeks now, and I've been hit on multiple times by drunk guys, been verbally abused by angry drunk girls at the price of drinks, had money thrown at me, but managed to score £8 in tips (living the high life!), and have secured my job there when I come back after summer. I've also spent the majority of my time at home, sleeping in until 2pm. Basically, my body clock is screwed!

My point is that I will try my best to post as frequently as time will allow me, but if you have any post requests, do feel free to leave them in a comment or tweet me!

Until next time!

Wednesday 14 May 2014

100 Happy Days Challenge

I took part in the 100 Happy Days challenge on Instagram, where you post a picture of one thing a day that's made you smile, for (you guessed it) 100 days! Although I wasn't the best at it (there'd be days where I wouldn't post because I'd simply forget to!), I really enjoyed the challenge and now have little snaps of what's made me happy over the last few months! I've also discovered that almost 50% of what made me happy was food/drink... So here they are for you, my 100 Happy Days!


 1) The Wolf of Wall Street - Leo. 'Nuff said! 2) You can never go wrong with some Thorntons chocolate! 3) Me and the girls took our housemate for dinner at Zizzis for her birthday! 4) Followed by a later birthday meal at Prezzo with the boyfriend.


5) I was clearly on a fruit high that day! 6) Nutella Fudge - the consistency was all wrong, but the taste was SO good! 7) Nothing like a selfie with the girls! 8) I actually ventured to a pub to watch the Superbowl. Me. Watching the Superbowl!


9) A cheeky little blog catch up ;) 10) This was my excitement at getting to read Sherlock Holmes for my degree! 11) These dogs are just adorable, are they not? 12) Watching Sherlock on the big screen <3


13) A bar served me a coconut flavoured beer... IN a coconut!!! 14) Banana and nutella french toast roll-ups! 15) I love these girls <3 16) Two of my favourite cheeky snacks! Ooh, how healthy!


17) My favourite drink - EVER! 18) This was my excitement at getting 69 at Flappy Bird... 19) The lovely box swap I got from Lily & Ella! 20) Are you seeing a theme here?


21) I was rushing through campus to beat the thunderstorm, turned around and saw this! Absolutely breathtaking! 22) BAFTAs night with the girls! 23) The night I discovered I can pull off hats! ;) 24) I can't express enough sadness that they've stopped selling these for another year!

25) White hot chocolate from The Chocolate Cafe <3 26) My blog post about the Valentines box swap! 27) A beautiful day in February! 28) Raspberry chocolate brownie, again, from The Chocolate Cafe... I may be a bit of an addict!


29) Reminiscing of my trip to Paris in November! 30) After 6 months of living with a broken lock button, I got a new phone :D 31) A chocolate crepe from *cough* The Chocolate Cafe (I promise I am in NO way sponsored, I just love the place way too much ;) ) 32) Obligatory night-out selfie. 


33) My boyfriend text me that he'd beaten my previous Flappy Bird score. This was my excitement when I beat him again! 34) My productivity (for once!) 35) Camp Takota! 36) One of many Nandos trips with the boyfriend!


37) Nutella pancakes for Pancake Day! 38) There's no better relief than uploading an essay! 39) My very own Nutella hot chocolate! 40) My first ever Wagamamas!


41) Our (pretty shabby) attempt at the OSCARs selfie. 42) Mini Eggs are perfection! 43) Apparently I took a picture of the menu instead of the actual pizza... 44) A lunch catch-up at Mungos! 


45) The most amazing smelling body scrub EVER! 46) A random cat that likes to wander into my boyfriend's house! 47) But first, lemme take a selfie. 48) A lovely day at the beach with my mama <3


49) Treats from my mum's trip to Florida! 50) My oh so healthy snack drawer! 51) Mine and Alison's scrumptious red velvet cake! 52) The necessities for a 3 hour screening ;)


53) Film and wine night! 54) This picture still makes me laugh! My little weirdos <3 55) These were my favourite sweets as a child! 56) How I Met Your Mother catch-up. 


57) The night I discovered I could recreate the Elsa braid (Frozen) 58) My excitement at seeing my best friend! 59) Back in Essex for the weekend! 60) This needs no caption. 


61) Me, my mum and brother on Mother's Day. 62) My (way too many) purchases from my trip back to Essex! 63) My 9am start was brightened by this beautiful day! 64) Alison made Nutella cupcakes! <3


65) My first attempt at real American pancakes! 66) The sunset from my window <3 67) A mirror selfie, coz why not, right? 68) Cosmos never grow old! 


69) Game of Thrones season premiere at the pub! 70) I made my boyfriend watch Frozen. He loved it! 71) Oh look, more Nandos! 72) Chocolate, strawberry and raspberry crepes with Chantel! 


73) The last night of second term! And possibly one of the best! 74) Dominos between two girls... 75) Back in my box room in Essex <3 76) A trip to the Olympic Park! 


77) I got to go pick up this beauty with Rebekah and her parents. Cutest puppy ever! 78) Skype date! 79) Pub catch-up with one of my oldest friends! 80) Free wine at Bingo! 


81) When in doubt, play The Sims! 82) Easter!!! 83) Made my brother watch Frozen. He also loved it! 84) The Amazing Spiderman 2... SO DAMN GOOD!


85) I took my housemate to the Olympic Park. 86) Another trip to Wagamama! 87) The best part about babysitting is when the kids go to bed ;) 88) Gaby's 21st <3


89) My Breaking bad shirt! 90) How cute is my boyfriend's parent's pub? 91) A cat named Squirrel. I want one. 92) Finally got to visit the Dunkin' Donuts store in Cambridge! 


93) My boyfriend told me to post this as my "Happy Day", to tell everyone that he made this burger from scratch, and it was "the best burger you've ever had in your life". 94) I got over-excited at the amount of candles my mum owns. 95) I was missing these lovely ladies! 96) Revision involves colourful post-it arrows and Harry Potter. Seriously, I love my degree. 


97) BBQ! 98) It's completely necessary to take a selfie after a haircut! 99) And another one before a night out! 100) And finally, my last Happy Day! Being back in Canterbury with my lovely double bed! 

Hope you guys enjoyed this post! Feel free to check out my Instagram, I feel way more motivated to post more frequently after this! I may even be tempted to do a little Instagram round-up each month! Until next time, m'lovelies! 


Sunday 4 May 2014

The Diner

Last week, my beautiful housemate Gaby came to stay with me in Essex. She actually lives in Mexico, so didn't go home for the Easter break because of the ridiculous amount of money that a plane ticket would have cost! So instead, she spent 5 days with me, shopping, walking and plenty of eating!

As I live so close to London (it takes about 25 minutes to get to Central London from my nearest tube station), we decided to spend the Saturday (her 21st birthday!), shopping on Oxford Street & Regent Street, and wandering around Soho. We stumbled across this cute American diner that I'd heard about and we just had to give it a try!


The Diner has several locations across London, and the Soho branch was literally just off of Carnaby Street. The interior (I was too caught up in the moment to take a picture. #BadBlogger) is the typical American diner layout, with a bar in the middle and numerous booth tables dotted around. 

We decided that we wanted to try a bit of everything, so we ordered a hot dog, burger, fries and corn dogs to split between us. I was also extremely excited that they had Dr Pepper on the menu! 




The food came fairly quickly (although the waitress seriously needed to lighten up a little; whatever happened to service with a smile?), and everything was amazing. The fries were the perfect amount of crispy, and I got to try a corn dog for the first time - we both loved them! 

For dessert, we had to get milkshakes, because why go to an American diner if you don't order a real milkshake? Mine was hazelnut and vanilla, Gaby's Oreo, and both were beautifully thick. They even give you the leftover milkshake so you can refill it! 



Finally, we ordered Gaby a birthday brownie, which was just melt-in-your-mouth delicious! 


I absolutely loved the atmosphere and music in this diner, and will definitely be returning! Oh, did I mention that the toilets were very reminiscent of the Ministry of Magic? 


Thursday 1 May 2014

On Shuffle

For this week's #2014BloggerChallenge, Gaby gave us the topic of MUSIC! I'm constantly listening to music, either on my phone, or on iTunes, or even on YouTube. But I'm not one of those people that's into one kind of genre, or a favourite band etc. I listen to the most random mix of music ever, from cheesy pop to heavy metal. So here's a list of the first 50 songs on shuffle on my iTunes!

1) I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard
2) A Little Party Never Killed Nobody - Fergie
3) I Want You Back - The Jackson 5
4) Big White Room - Jessie J
5) Hands Open - Snow Patrol
6) Holy Ground - Taylor Swift
7) We Cry - The Script
8) Baggy Trousers - Madness
9) Fantine's Death/ Come to Me - Les Miserables
10) The Fresh Prince of Bel Air - Will Smith
11) Kiss - Prince
12) Sparks Fly - Taylor Swift
13) House of Wolves - My Chemical Romance
14) Rock & Roll All Night - KISS
15) Kickapoo - Tenacious D
16) For The First Time In Forever - Frozen
17) Do My Thang - Miley Cyrus
18) More Than Words - Westlife
19) Who's That Chick - Rihanna ft. David Guetta
20) When Will My Life Begin - Tangled
21) The Bargain - Les Miserables
22) If You See Kay - The Script
23) She Loves You - McFly
24) Falling in Love - McFly
25) The Thing I Love - Pixie Lott
26) Oblivion - Bastille
27) Marry You - Bruno Mars
28) Rockin' All Over The World - Status Quo
29) Brocolli - McFly
30 Mama Do The Hump - Rizzle Kicks
31) Right As Rain - Adele
32) Golden - The Vamps
33) Don't Wake Me Up - McFly
34) I Need A Woman - McFly
35) Do You Wanna Build A Snowman - Frozen
36) Fearless - Taylor Swift
37) Walk This Way - Aerosmith
38) Room On The 3rd Floor - McFly
39) Crash & Burn - Busted
40) Get Over You - McFly
41) Payphone - Maroon 5
42) Give Your Heart A Break - Demi Lovato
43) Fix You - Coldplay
44) Love Story - Taylor Swift
45) Mam Do - Pixie Lott
46) Boom Boom Pow - Black Eyed Peas
47) Say Goodbye - S Club 7
48) You're Not Sorry - Taylor Swift
49) This Song - McFly
50) Let It Go - Frozen

I love doing things like this; it re-introduces me to some of my old favourite songs, and also shows me just how varied my taste is! There's everything from musical soundtracks, to pop, to rock, to indie, and even to Christmas tunes! If you choose to do a similar post, definitely leave a link below, I'd love to see your music taste too!